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The American coast pilot containing the courses and distances between the principal harbours, capes and headlands on the coast of North and South America : with directions for sailing into the same : describing the soundings, bearings of the light-houses and beacons from the rocks, shoals, ledges, &c. : with the prevailing winds, settings of the currents, &c., and the latitudes and longitudes of the principal harbours and capes : together with a tide table
- Title
- The American coast pilot [electronic resource] : containing the courses and distances between the principal harbours, capes and headlands on the coast of North and South America : with directions for sailing into the same : describing the soundings, bearings of the light-houses and beacons from the rocks, shoals, ledges, &c. : with the prevailing winds, settings of the currents, &c., and the latitudes and longitudes of the principal harbours and capes : together with a tide table / by Edmund M. Blunt.
- Publication
- New-York : E. and G.W. Blunt, 1827
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- xvi, 676, 4 p., [20] leaves of plates (some fold.) : ill., maps (some fold.); 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Corrected and improved by information derived from official documents, actual observations and the most experienced pilots."
- Charts drawn by Edmund Blunt; engravings by William Hooker.
- The first seven editions of this work (1796-1812) name Capt. Lawrence Furlong as the author. The eighth edition, "corrected and improved," names Edmund M. Blunt as the author; his name appears on the title page of the succeeding thirteen editions through 1867.
- Error in paging: p. 525 misnumbered 225.
- "Directions to the binder."--P. [iv].
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 6025.
- Reproduction (note)
- Electronic reproduction.
- OCLC
- 697711746
- TGPSM10-B847
- Title
- The American coast pilot [electronic resource] : containing the courses and distances between the principal harbours, capes and headlands on the coast of North and South America : with directions for sailing into the same : describing the soundings, bearings of the light-houses and beacons from the rocks, shoals, ledges, &c. : with the prevailing winds, settings of the currents, &c., and the latitudes and longitudes of the principal harbours and capes : together with a tide table / by Edmund M. Blunt.
- Imprint
- New-York : E. and G.W. Blunt, 1827 (Gray & Bunce)
- Edition
- 11th ed.
- Reproduction
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2010. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Local Note
- Maritime.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862.Hooker, William.